Defiant Argentine leader vows deeper market intervention
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez, defiant after her party’s midterm primary election defeat, vowed on Wednesday to deepen the interventionist policies that have delivered economic growth during her six years in power at the …
Jordan seeks U.S. surveillance aircraft as Syria war rages
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan on Wednesday asked the United States to provide manned U.S. surveillance aircraft to help keep an eye on its border with Syria, the top U.S. military officer said, as the kingdom struggles to contain fallout from Syria’s civil …
Two journalists killed in Cairo violence
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two journalists were killed in Cairo on Wednesday as Egyptian forces crushed protests by thousands of supporters of the deposed president, shooting scores of people dead.
Mali’s coup-leading army captain promoted to general
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s outgoing government has promoted to the rank of general an army captain who led a coup last year that plunged the West African nation into crisis and allowed al Qaeda-linked fighters to seize the desert north.
McKinsey consultant Krstic to be Serbian finance minister
BELGRADE (Reuters) – A U.S.-educated McKinsey consultant is to be named Serbia’s new finance minister as part of a cabinet reshuffle agreed in July, an official and local media said on Wednesday.
Egypt clashes kill 235 as sit-ins dispersed: state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – Clashes between security forces and supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Mursi killed 235 people across the country on Wednesday, the state news agency MENA said.
Roadside bombs kill 14 north of Baghdad: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Twin roadside bombs exploded in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 26, police said, the latest in a wave of summer attacks close to the capital Baghdad.
Egypt’s interior minister promises Mubarak-era security
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s interior minister pledged on Wednesday to restore the kind of security seen in the days of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, a sign of renewed confidence permeating a police force whose reputation for brutality fuelled the 2011 …
Exclusive – West warned Egypt’s Sisi to the end: don’t do it
PARIS (Reuters) – Western allies warned Egypt’s military leaders right up to the last minute against using force to crush protest sit-ins by supporters of the ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, arguing they could ill afford the political and econ…
Nigeria says army killed Boko Haram’s second-in-command
MAIDUGURI/YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian soldiers have killed the second-in-command of the Islamist sect Boko Haram, an insurgency that has caused the deaths of thousands in the last three years, the defense ministry said on Wednesday.
